Latvia's Controversial Waffen-SS Fighters

Witness History

BBC

History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2018

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

On March 16th 1998, veterans of the Latvian Legion who had fought for the Nazis during World War Two, marched through the capital Riga commemorating their greatest battle against the Soviet Red Army. It was a rare official remembrance of the efforts of the Waffen SS. Dina Newman has been speaking to two veterans of the Latvian Legion.

Photo: Latvian infantrymen march through a street in Riga under the German occupation. Credit: Three Lions/Getty Images

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1:08.2	History is told by the people who were there with me,
1:10.9	Dina Newman.
1:11.8	On March the 16th, 1998, veterans of the Latvian
1:16.7	Legion who had fought under the command of the Nazi buff and assess during World War II, marched through the capital Riga.
1:25.2	The officially sanctioned demonstration commemorated the Latvian Legion's greatest battle
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